Conversation

Many current events today are reminding me that when I was young the computer was an oasis of agency and control and connection for myself and other nerds like me; cyberspace a small place where, given a little time and some books, we could create things and express ourselves in ways denied to us in physical reality. And now, the experience of “computer” is one of being buffeted about by massive systems completely beyond our control, in fact it is the device which delivers “IRL” coercion *to* us